Musical Globes honor Springsteen, Miley, Beyonce and more

Among the Golden Globe nominees announced today: Bruce Springsteen, Peter Gabriel, Miley Cyrus and Beyonce Knowles are among the music-related nods.

Springsteen was nominated for Best Original Song for "The Wrestler" from the feature film of the same name. In the same category, Knowles got a nod as a co-writer on "Once in a Lifetime" from "Cadillac Records." The song's other writers are Amanda Ghost, Scott McFarnon, Ian Dench, James Dring and Jody Street.

Peter Gabriel was recognized for "Down to Earth" from "Wall-E." The music was co-written with Thomas Newman.

Cyrus and co-writer Jeffrey Steele are nominated for "I Thought I Lost You" from "Bolt." The category was completed by the title song to "Gran Torino," whose writer credits include Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood, Jamie Cullum and Michael Stevens.

Eastwood is also nominated for Best Original Score -- Motion Picture for "Changeling," where he's up against James Newton Howard ("Defiance"), A.R. Rahman ("Slumdog Millionaire"), Hans Zimmer ("Frost/Nixon") and Alexandre Desplat ("The Curious Case of Benjamin Button").

For Best Motion Picture -- Comedy or Musical, "Mamma Mia!" was among the nominees. The ABBA-themed film's star Meryl Streep was also nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -- Comedy or Musical.